Chapter 373

At noon, Lu Jiao arranged a table of dishes in the main hall of the front yard to entertain Xie Erzhu and many Jin Xiao old men.

Seeing Xie Erzhu and the others, the four little ones felt very kind, and pulled them along and kept asking about the situation in the village, how is the dog left? Brother Stone, how are they doing?

Taking advantage of no one's attention, Xie Yunjin whispered to Lu Jiao what Old Man Xiao meant.

Lu Jiao didn't refuse, but said in a low voice: "It's okay to help me manage the fields, but I don't plan to use outsiders. Those who manage the fields must sign a contract of sale. Uncle Xiao, is he willing to sign the contract?" ?”

As soon as Lu Jiao finished speaking, Old Man Xiao said, "I am willing."

Lu Jiao turned to look at old man Xiao, and said, "Uncle Xiao, are you sure?"

Old man Xiao nodded vigorously in agreement.

"I, Xiao Shan, am alone and have no relatives. There is nothing wrong with signing this contract."

As soon as old man Xiao finished speaking, Lu Jiao choked on a mouthful of food. She choked because she suddenly heard old man Xiao's name.

People in Xie's Village kept calling Old Man Xiao and Uncle Xiao, but no one really knew Xiao Shan's name.

This was the first time Old Man Xiao had spoken his name.

Compared to other people's calmness, Lu Jiao was extremely surprised, because in the book, Xie Yunjin had a very capable butler by her side, whose name was Xiao Shan.

This butler is not only loyal and capable, but also has martial arts.

Could it be that this person is old man Xiao?

With an unbelievable expression on Lu Jiao's face, she turned to look at Old Man Xiao.

Seeing her looking at her, old man Xiao's eyes darkened slightly, and finally he said calmly, "Daughter-in-law Yun Jin, do you think I can stay and help you take care of the fields?"

Lu Jiao didn't know what to say, but this is the housekeeper of the future Mr. Shoufu's house, she sent someone to take care of the fields for her, isn't it a little overkill?

But right now, Lu Gui is already helping to take care of their house, so it's not good for her to let Lu Gui step down from the position of housekeeper now and give up the position to Uncle Xiao.

Lu Jiao's eyes flickered, and she decided to keep the person first, and then find a way to transfer Old Man Xiao to Xie Yunjin's side, or she separated from Xie Yunjin in the end, so she gave Old Man Xiao to Xie Yunjin.

Lu Jiao was thinking about it, when Xie Yunjin said, "If you have other arrangements, then you don't have to think about it."

After hearing this, old man Xiao's eyes darkened for a moment, but he quickly said calmly: "If Yun Jin's daughter-in-law is in trouble, I can go back to hunting as usual."

Having said that, his expression was extremely pitiful and helpless, as if he was a desolate and helpless old man.

Xie Erzhu and Duojin immediately sympathized with Old Man Xiao.

Lu Jiao cursed the old fox inwardly, others didn't understand, but she knew that this old man Xiao was a martial artist, so although he looked old, his ability was not weak.

The current situation is just pretending to be pitiful. With old man Xiao's ability, hunting is no problem at all.

Why did he sell himself to take care of their fields?

This matter was really weird, but Lu Jiao did not doubt Old Man Xiao's intentions, because Old Man Xiao was very loyal to Xie Yunjin in the book.

What's more, there is nothing in their house for others to draw.

Lu Jiao looked at Old Man Xiao thoughtfully and said, "It's not that I don't want Uncle Xiao to stay, the main reason is that it's a bit embarrassing. I originally wanted to buy a capable person to help me take care of the fields. Uncle Xiao can help me take care of the fields." , it’s definitely better than the one you bought now, but it’s a bit uncomfortable for Uncle Xiao to sign the deed of sale.”

Old man Xiao immediately said: "What's wrong with this, I'm alone, now I've signed a deed of selling myself, and if I die in the future, at least someone will collect my body for me."

After the old man Xiao finished speaking, thinking of the children on the table, he immediately smiled and said: "In short, this is a contract of sale that I voluntarily signed, so there is no need for Yun Jin's daughter-in-law to be embarrassed."

Lu Jiao turned to look at Xie Yunjin, Xie Yunjin nodded and said, "Since Uncle Xiao is willing to help you take care of the fields, you can keep him, and we will arrange for him to take care of the elderly in the future."

This word made old man Xiao's eyes red: "I am completely relieved by De Yunjin's words."

After hearing this, Lu Jiao agreed, "Okay, that's the deal."

Xie Erzhu and Duojin didn't say much about Old Man Xiao's decision. Everyone has their own considerations. Each of their families has children and daughters, but Uncle Xiao has no children. He doesn't even have any relatives. After accepting the contract of selling his life, Yun Jin said that he will arrange for him to provide for the elderly in the future, which is not bad.

At the dinner table, the atmosphere became lively again.

The four children only used serving chopsticks to carry food for Xie Erzhu and many old men Jin Xiao from time to time. Everyone was very happy to see them, and praised them for being more and more sensible.

The most important thing is that the four little guys didn't dislike poor people from the countryside just because they were rich.

This made Xie Erzhu and many Jin Xiao old men happy.

In the afternoon, Xie Erzhu and Duojin went back to Xiejia Village in a rented carriage.

The old man Xiao stayed and signed the deed of selling himself, and followed Lu Jiao, Xu Niangzi and others to Baohetang.

Lu Jiao didn't wear men's clothing this time, so none of the patients in the Baohe Hall knew that this charming woman was Dr. Lu, a skilled doctor, and all the patients in the store saw the doctor quietly.

Lu Jiao led Mrs. Xu, Old Man Xiao, Feng Zhi and Ruan Zhu to the backyard.

Zhao Lingfeng had already received the report from his partner in the store and greeted him.

"You are?"

"You send someone to take me to see where the fields I bought are. I plan to talk to the tenants on the fields about my plan."

Now in September, the early rice in the field is about to be harvested. After the early rice is harvested, she will officially take the field back to grow medicinal materials by herself.

After hearing Lu Jiao's words, Zhao Lingfeng immediately said, "I'll take you there."

Lu Jiao smiled and said, "You should send someone to take me there."

Although Lu Jiao knew Zhao Lingfeng's future identity and knew that this person would become His Majesty's confidant in the future, she didn't change her attitude towards him, and they were collaborators right now.

After listening to Lu Jiao's words, Zhao Lingfeng raised his eyebrows and said, "After seeing the fields, I happened to stop by the workshop to have a look. Because of what happened to your family recently, you haven't been to the workshop."

"The oil press workshop has been built. I also asked craftsmen to build the oil press machine you drew before, but right now no one knows how to use the oil press machine. You still need to guide me on this."

After hearing Zhao Lingfeng's words, Lu Jiao was extremely pleasantly surprised.

"Okay, after seeing the fields, I happened to go to see the oil press."

The drawing of the oil press she drew was an old-fashioned oil press, not an advanced oil press. She didn't know much about advanced oil presses, and there was no electricity at this time. Bean sifting of beans requires manual work, and the medium-term heating is also charcoal-type heating, and the subsequent oil pressing method is connected to the rotating shaft.

What is this machine like? Lu Jiao still doesn't know. To tell the truth, she knows about this semi-motorized oil press, or it's because a relative's home where she lived as a child used this kind of oil press to extract oil. She helps every day. After reading a lot, she understands. Some of the constructs, this will just come in handy.

(end of this chapter)